Author Topic: Gamemode WIP - MANHUNT - [REBUILDING]  (Read 3671 times)

DEZCABAN'S MANHUNT
NO MORE OF THIS forgetIN' HIDE AND SEEK KINDERGARDEN TIER BULLstuff



What is Manhunt?

Manhunt is a stealth orientated survival horror game where a player (or multiple if the server is large enough) is selected to be the 'Hunter', everyone else plays as a 'Stalker'. The Stalkers have to use communication, stealth and quick thinking in order to survive.

How do I play?

Simple enough. If you are chosen to be the Hunter, you are given a pistol with a mounted flashlight. Find the stalkers and blow them away. If you're a Stalker, you're granted the gift of speed and agility. Outsmart the Hunter by climbing up onto ledges, hang on walls above his head, hiding in dark corners, but don't get caught, bullets hurt. Survive long enough and you win the match.

What does it look like?

The current Manhunt map was built a long time ago in V20 with the help of Phantom Knight and some other fine fellows who I forgot (sorry m8's). Here are some pictures (brightness greatly increased so you can see):

-- I LOST THE BUILD IN A HARD DRIVE FAILURE, IF YOU HAVE A SAVE, CONTACT ME PLS --

Until then, it's slowly being rebuilt.



How dark is it?

Pretty loving dark. I tried my best on the lighting, I really did, but since some blocklanders insist on playing with their grandma's $10 email-checker I had to build it on 'off' settings, with a special texture pack to take out the glow of the edges of bricks. It is recommended everyone play on OFF because if you don't you'll probably get lighting artifacts. Here's some pictures of how dark it is:

Hunter's View:


Stalker's View:

It's slightly brighter, I plan to multiply vignette for the Stalker slayer team, which is why this picture is a little brighter. This is because Stalkers don't get flashlights and the beta testers were bitching about how they couldn't see stuff. I tried giving them lights but they just used them to piss each other off and give away people's positions.

It's pretty bright for both teams in that picture, but in other area's it's so dark some people have trouble seeing where they're going, so I added a small 'hint' system that only Stalkers can use:





Stalkers will be given a wrench or a printer (for now) and it will allow them to see non-rendered bricks. They are color coded as followed:

PURPLE:  Boundary of a prop.
YELLOW:  Low Ceiling.
RED:  Doorway.
GREEN:  Staircase step.
CYAN:  Raised Floor or Ledge.
White:  Insignificant, doesn't mean stuff.

Known Issues:
The server will be hosted publicly when I iron out all this stuff:


  • needs a map lol
  • Hunter can't use flashlight + gun at the same time. Makes it difficult to aim. I'm asking Port to do a pistol + flashlight combo item.




drop yo suggestions / questions / >constructive< criticisms
« Last Edit: September 02, 2013, 07:59:03 PM by RaR »

the use of non-rendered bricks as stalker sense or whatever is brilliant

but the question is,
is being a stalker fun

also those pictures are as dark as hell

but the question is,
is being a stalker fun
when I beta tested it people were having fun, it averaged like 25 players. most people prefer stalker to being a hunter, it's much more suspenseful.

also those pictures are as dark as hell
ye that's the point
i've added some counter measures to make it easier to navigate (kinda). doin my best

the use of non-rendered bricks as stalker sense or whatever is brilliant
thank

when I beta tested it people were having fun, it averaged like 25 players. most people prefer stalker to being a hunter, it's much more suspenseful.
neat

so exactly how does lighting suck

because it looks pretty neat to me
« Last Edit: September 01, 2013, 01:36:20 PM by The Resonte! »

it's just wayy too dark in some areas. Lighting looks like stuff in OFF settings as well.

I don't know. It's just something that I have to fine tune and calibrate to perfection or it'll look like stuff and break the game lol

I'm trying to make it so you can hide ANYWHERE in the dark, the Hunter shouldn't be able to see you unless he catches you in his flashlight.

is it one of those servers where you can cheat and see well by setting shaders to off

is it one of those servers where you can cheat and see well by setting shaders to off
well he did recommend that everyone turn shaders to off
so no

unless turning shaders on helps you cheat for whatever reason

is it one of those servers where you can cheat and see well by setting shaders to off
The pics in the OP are taken with shaders off. Yeah, dark.

is it one of those servers where you can cheat and see well by setting shaders to off
it's detailed under "how dark is it" that the gamemode was built on OFF shaders so that everyone would be able to play

so no, the pictures you see in the OP are taken with shaders set to off

well he did recommend that everyone turn shaders to off
so no
unless turning shaders on helps you cheat for whatever reason
it'd actually probably hurt you considering light doesn't penetrate as far on higher settings

I love these types of servers. I will definitely try it out!

  • Wedges are forgeted. Ask Tophius. god why the forget did you do it tophius
Also, what do you mean by this?
« Last Edit: September 01, 2013, 07:20:14 PM by John Freeman »

the build uses a ton of wedges and when tophius updated it for some reason he thought it would be a good idea to just simply throw out a bunch of bricks and replace them with an assortment of completely useless stuff and as a result a ton of people got forgeted over.

He released a patch but now they're all forgeted up and not facing in the right direction.

get wedges 1.5 or whatever
a pack with both of them or something someone made that doesnt break stuff

the build uses a ton of wedges and when tophius updated it for some reason he thought it would be a good idea to just simply throw out a bunch of bricks and replace them with an assortment of completely useless stuff and as a result a ton of people got forgeted over.

He released a patch but now they're all forgeted up and not facing in the right direction.
link pls

get wedges 1.5 or whatever
a pack with both of them or something someone made that doesnt break stuff
Yeah I have it but some of the wedges are incorrectly rotated as seen in the OP

Also I may start a new map soon, I may lose my harddrive too lol.